Ioke is a retired Pacific hurricane name. The World Meteorological Organization took it off the lists after the 2006 storm, so no future storm in the eastern or central Pacific will be called Ioke. It is the only storm named Ioke in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.
Yes. Ioke is on NHC’s list of retired eastern and central Pacific names because of the 2006 storm. It is one of 22 names retired there since 1965 (Tropical Cyclone Naming History and Retired Names).
A name is retired when a storm was so deadly or costly that using the name again would be insensitive; the World Meteorological Organization then picks a new name with the same first letter at its annual meeting.
It won’t be. Retired names are not used again on the eastern and central Pacific lists.
Ioke formed in the Central Pacific in August 2006 and peaked as a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 900 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 23 days.
Hurricane Ioke (2006): track and historyThe most recent was Hurricane Ioke in 2006, in the Central Pacific. It formed on August 16, peaked at 160 mph (260 km/h) and lasted 23 days. It did not make landfall. It is the only storm named Ioke in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.